Trump appointee who assaulted Capitol officers on Jan. 6 sentenced to nearly 6 years  —  “Hell yea I'm going.  I'm a Trump appointee,” Federico Klein wrote in a message ahead of the Capitol attack.  —  WASHINGTON — A former Donald Trump political appointee at the State Department who tried …

Zinke Introduces Bill to Expel Palestinians from the United States  —  (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke introduced the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism (SAFE) Act to prevent Palestinian terrorists from abusing the United States' legal immigration system …

BREAKING: Netanyahu Rebukes US, Declares No Pause and No Fuel Before Hostages are Released  —  Benjamin Netanyahu has learned to take Hamas at its word.  The United States, and specifically Antony Blinken and Joe Biden, still have not.  As Blinken met with the unity government in Jerusalem …

‘I refuse to put people over politics’: Speaker Johnson fundraises with apparent typo  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) appeared to get his words mixed up in one of his first fundraising emails since taking the top House job last week.  —  Johnson capped a standard fundraising message Friday …

Judge finds Eastman culpable for ethics breaches in 2020 bid to keep Trump in power  —  California authorities will now present “aggravation” evidence in their effort to strip Eastman of his law license.  —  A California judge made a “preliminary finding” Thursday that attorney John Eastman …

Complaint Calls for Trump New York Trial Judge's Clerk to Be Disbarred for Excessive Political Donations  —  The top clerk for New York Justice Arthur Engoron, Allison Greenfield, appears to have violated judicial rules preventing officers of the court from making excessive political donations, Breitbart News has learned.

Mark Meadows sued by book publisher over false election claims  —  The publisher of Mark Meadow's book is suing the former White House chief of staff, arguing in court filings Friday morning that he violated an agreement with All Seasons Press by including false statements …

Kentucky 2023 Poll: Cameron Catches Up to Beshear in Governor's Race  —  Home Polls Kentucky 2023 Poll: Cameron Catches Up to Beshear in Governor's Race  —  Trump Supporters Rally to Cameron as Election Approaches  —  The final Emerson College Polling survey of Kentucky voters …

John Fetterman predicts Joe Manchin is ‘not going to be around much longer’ in the Senate: 'I'm going to get his parking space'  — Sen. John Fetterman predicted that fellow Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin won't be “around much longer.”  — Manchin hasn't announced 2024 plans.

Does Mike Johnson Even Want to Avoid a Government Shutdown?  —  On November 17, barring action by Congress and President Joe Biden, nonessential functions of the federal government will shut down.  The bullet Washington narrowly avoided in October at the price of Kevin McCarthy's Speakership will be fired again.

Jordanian national arrested in Houston allegedly planned attack on Jews  —  A “radical” Jordanian national living in Texas was allegedly plotting an attack on Houston's Jewish community before he was arrested on gun charges.  —  Sohaib Abuayyash, 20, had been studying how to build bombs …

Where does Speaker Mike Johnson sleep when he's in DC?  Most likely in his Capitol Hill office  — Speaker Mike Johnson is less wealthy than most lawmakers and doesn't appear to have a DC residence.  — Several people told Insider that he likely sleeps in his office, like many other lawmakers.

‘A civilian for a civilian’: Nasrallah threatens attacks against Israelis, US troops in region  —  Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah is not intimidated by American threats and by US forces deployed to the region.  —  “Since the outbreak of the war, the US has threatened to bomb us in Lebanon from its military ships in the Mediterranean.

LA legislator and City Council candidate arrested on DUI charge early Friday  —  Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, one of several challengers to embattled City Council incumbent Kevin de León, was arrested early Friday morning.  —  LOS ANGELES — Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo was arrested …

Trump's Truth Social page is a riot of witness intimidation  —  Even his lawyers can't really defend it. … On August 6, Alabama man Arthur Ray Hanson, II, left a voicemail threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with violence if she charged Donald Trump with interference in the 2020 election.

Trump's New Appellate Argument about His 100 Million Imaginary Friends  —  Judge Tanya Chutkan issued her order denying Trump a stay of her gag order on October 29.  —  That was admittedly a Saturday.  Nevertheless, it took Trump four days before he ran to the DC Circuit to cry …

Supreme Court to review Trump-era ban on gun ‘bump stocks’  —  The Biden administration is defending the ban, which Trump imposed after the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into a new gun rights battle by agreeing to weigh whether …

Former pilot who allegedly threatened to shoot flight captain once sued DOD against Covid-19 mandate  —  Jonathan J. Dunn joined the Air Force Reserves in November 2000 and in February 2022 sued the Department of Defense after his request for a religious exemption for the Covid-19 vaccine was rejected.

Biden weighs border deal — altering asylum law for Ukraine aid  —  Republicans placed a political lighting rod of an issue squarely into the biggest legislative matter before Congress.  —  Top Biden officials are preparing Democratic lawmakers and immigration policy advocates for the likelihood …

Nikki Haley to miss Florida GOP gathering for 2024 candidates  —  Her absence will make it more expensive for her to get on Florida's primary ballot next year.  —  Nikki Haley will not be in attendance at this weekend's Republican Party of Florida's “Freedom Summit” — an absence that will cost her campaign $75,000.